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A HIGH STEP UP QUASI RESONANT BOOST CONVERTER USING ZCS WITH PUSH PULL TOPOLOGY
R.S.Preethishri1, M.SasiKumar2
PG Scholar, Power Electronics and Drives, Jeppiaar Engineering College, Chennai, India Professor & Head, Department Of Electrical And Electronics & Drives, Jeppiaar Engineering College, Chennai, India
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ABSTRACT
In this project reduced switching losses and high efficiency is proposed for quasi resonant converter. An AC/DC quasi resonant converter with push pull topology is coupled to two distributed boost inductors into a single magnetic core which hereby reducing the circuit volume and the cost are the development targets of switching power supply today. The quasi resonant converter has ideally zero switching losses as it is having a salient feature that the switching devices can be either switched on at zero voltage or switched off at zero current. The boost power factor corrector operates in the transition mode with a constant on time and variable switching frequencies, wherein the quasi resonant valley switching of the switch, decreases the turn on losses and zero current switching(ZCS) of the output diode in order to decrease the switching losses and improving the conversion efficiency. QRC-ZCS has low total harmonic distortion as conducted on the prototype with experimental and simulation results.

Keywords- Boost inductor, power factor corrector, push pull topology, Quasi resonant (QR) converter, Zero current switching. I.INTRODUCTION The quasi resonant converter evincing high efficiency is able to control output voltage to a large extent. Due to the inductive character of the load the switching losses are also limited with the help of pulse width modulation through changing the width of pulses in order to control the output voltage, the converters are managebely controlled. System oscillating at a particular frequency with large amplitude is called resonance. The electrical resonance occurs when the impedance is at minimum. The boost converter is a step up power stage non-isolated power stage topology as here the required output is always higher than the input voltage. For a non-pulsating and continuous input current the output diode conducts only for a portion of the switching cycle. The power factor correction is simply defined as the ratio of real power to apparent power. In AC to DC power conversion system of the switching mode the power factor correction technique is used. The basic principle of Turning on the power device for attaining zero current switching (ZCS) is achieved through the transition mode , hence here the coupled inductor is used. Among the three operating modes of a boost power factor corrector which are the transition mode(TM) continuous conduction mode(CCM) and the discontinuous conduction mode(DCM), the transition mode is the best mode for PFC as in this mode the inductance is neither higher nor lower, it has moderate inductance, the turn on losses are reduced due to the quasi-resonant valley switching of the switch which is an added advantage of the transition mode of boost power factor corrector

Fig.1.

Block Diagram of Proposed Circuit

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The rating of power is increased also the total harmonic distortion(THD) can be reduced both of the output capacitance and the input current. This paper proposes two interleaved TM boost PFC of the push pull boost power factor corrector along with the coupled inductor which is coupled o a single magnetic core. The power capability is promoted till the higher power level applications as the output power is shared between the two identical modules. This interleaved actions or operations of the push pull converter doubles the core operating frequency of the switching frequency along with the reduction of circuit volume and the cost hereby increasing the power density and the power factor value and improving conversion efficiency. II. PUSH PULL CONVERTER The push pull converter with an AC voltage here drives the high frequency tranformer. The push pull term generally invoves the bidirectional exitation of the tranformer causing to function the transformer with AC power and produce a voltage on its output side. The two switch topology is the topology used for push pull converter with a split primary is winding. In order to filter the switching noise the capacitors are connected at its output side, where the output is rectified and sent to the load. The operation of a push pullconverter is regarded as two single switch forward converter running out of phase. The biggest advantage is that push pull converter does not require an isolated power supply to drive FETS. Working in both the quadrant makes the transformer run and gets resetted at every cycle. One of the main advantages of the push pull converter is that peak current sensing is done so that the core does not drift into saturation and also it is low cost. In order to design the power factor corrector there are some few specifications which are required such as output voltage, output current, output power and also the main factor which is the efficiency.The power factor of an AC electrical power system is defined as the ratio of the real power flowing to the load to the apparent power in the circuit and is a dimentionless number between -1 and 1.The devices for correction of the power factor may be at a central substation, spread out over a distribution system, or built into power-consuming equipment.In an electric power system, a load with a low power factor draws more current than a load with a high power factor for the same amount of useful power transferred.Power factor correction may be applied by an electric power transmission

Fig 2. A General Push Pull Circuit In a proposed circuit of 200 WATTS power both the experimental and simulation results are carried out. Here in the AC input of the block diagram wind turbine in used as the input. Since it is an AC source wind turbine is directly connected to the push pull converter. III. PROPOSED COVERTER OPERATING PRINCIPLES In the following diagram of the proposed topology there are two modules present which are module A and module B , both these modules connected to a common output capacitor Co. Individually both the modules are connected to their respective switches, inductors and windings. Module A is composed of inductor La, switch Saand inductor La with diode Da.. Here the inductor La is wounded to the magnetic core of the transformer. Similarly module B is also composed of inductor Lb, switch Sband inductor Lb with diode Db. Here the inductor Lb is also wounded to the magnetic core of the transformer as that of the inductor La. Operating in the constant on-time and variable operating frequencies this proposed power factor converter is operated in the transition mode of it. The advantages of this proposed system when compared to its conventional circuit is that here in the proposed system the input and the output current ripples are low where as in the conventional system both the input and output current ripples are high. Another advantage is also that conventional circuit has low efficiency whereas proposed has high efficiency. In the proposed circuit the transformer turns ratio is reduced but in conventional circuit is it is high.

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Fig.3. Proposed Circuit Diagram Following few points are considered important for the operating principles. 1. Since the two windings NPa and NPb are identical there is no leakage inductance, as the two inductors Laand Lb are perfectly coupled. 2. For the conducting switches Sa and Sb , the resistance is intially zero, D is the dutycycle of the conduction period and the switching time interval is TS hence DTS is the period of conduction of the switches. 3. Forward voltage which is lso the initial voltage of the two diodes connected to the proposed circuit Daand Db. are zero ideally. IV. MODES OF OPERATION Mode 1: Conduction period between t0 to t1 From the following figure Fig.4. it is infered that initially module A is in the operating condition where switch Sa is conducting. The input voltage is Vin hence when this input voltage flows in the circuit the diodes Da and Db gets reversed biased, with a gradual increase in the inductor current iLa. The input voltage Vin flows through the winding Npa. Whereas on the other side in module B, same input voltage Vin flows through the winding Npb. There is same voltage flowing through both the windings Npa and Npb are coupled to the same magnetic core. The coupling effect makes the inductor current iLb which gradually increases flows through winding Npa also, Co is the common output capacitor, from where the load is supplied energy.

Fig. 4. Mode 1 Conduction Path Mode 2: Conduction period between t1 to t2 In this mode both the switches Sa of module A and switch Sb of module B are turned off, the load receives the stored energy from the inductor La and the common capacitor Co. both the windings Npa and Npb have same voltage (VoVin). There is a lnear decrease in both the currents iLa and iLb.

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Fig. 5. Mode 2 Conduction Path Mode 3: Conduction period between t2 to t3 In this mode, the Zero Current Switching technique(ZCS) is used for the turning off of the diode Da, the current iLb reduced to Zero as ZCS is used to turn off diode Db. Through the quasi resonant valley switching switch Sb is turned on. In this mode only both the capacitors Cossa and Cossb starts to resonate.

Fig. 6. Mode 3 Conduction Path V. SIMULATION RESULT OF CONVENTIONAL CIRCUIT Given below are the graphs relating to the input and output current and voltage of the conventional circuit of the quasi resonant converter.

Fig. 7. Input and output waveforms of voltage for R= 10Kohms

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Fig. 8. Input and Output waveforms of voltage for R = 500ohms DESIGN CALCULATION Duty Ratio : D = TON/T D = 0.01/0.02 Hence D = 0.5 TON = On time T = Total Time EFFICIENCY CALCULATION E= (50/80) * 0.5 * 100 E = 0.625 * 0.5 * 100 E = 31.25% Where output voltage is 80 Volts Input voltage is 50 Volts. VI. SIMULATION RESULT OF PROPOSED CIRCUIT Given below are the graphs relating to the input and output current and voltage of the proposed circuit of the quasi resonant converter.

Fig. 9. Input waveforms of both voltage and current

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Duty cycle of the proposed is given as D = TON/T D=12.5/25 Hence D = 0.5 TON = On time T = Total Time EFFICIENCY CALCULATION E = (374/380) * 0.5 * 100 E = 0.98 * 0.5 * 100 E = 98% Where output voltage is 380 Volts Input voltage is 374 Volts.

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The total efficiency obtained is 98% which is greater than the efficiency obtained for the conventional circuit 31.25%.

Fig. 10. output waveforms of current

Fig. 11. Triggering Gate Pulse waveforms of both voltage and current

Fig. 12. Output waveform of the Voltage of the proposed circuit

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Fig. 13. Output waveform of the Power of the proposed circuit Since in this paper power is one of the main parameters to be computed and obtained, the above waveform shows that the power obtained is 200 WATTS. Wind energy is used in the input side of this proposed system as wind is a renewable source of energy, it therefore constantly supplies its energy to the proposed system. VII.CONCLUSION The design of proposed push-pull quasi resonant boost power factor corrector is shown here. The advantages of push pull quasi resonant boost power factor corrector when compared to its conventional circuit is that the efficiency of the conventional circuit is 31.25% whereas that of push pull converter is98%. In this paper it is also presented that the diameters of the windings are reduced due to the cut-in-half duty cycle. Using the ZCS technique and the quasi resonant valley switching formed due to the resonant circuit the switching losses are reduced. The push pull quasi resonant converter acquires highest power density along with reduced copper loss and conduction loss. Due to these important features of push pull converter it is being used in wide variety of applications such as electronic ballast, railway traction drives and battery charger. REFERENCE [1] Y.T.Chen, S.Shiu and R.Liang,Analysis and design of a zero voltage switching and zero current switching of interleaved boost converter,IEEE Trans.Power Electron., vol.27, no.1, pp.161-173, Jan.2012. [2] K.Yao, X.Ruan, X.Mao and Z.Ye, Reducing storage capacitor of a DCM boost PFC Converter., vol.27, no.1, pp.151-160, Jan.2012. [3] M. Kazimierczuk and D. Czarkowski, Resonant Power Converter. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2011. [4] X.Zhang and J.W.Spencer,Analysis of boost PFC converters operating in the discontinuous conduction mode, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol.26, no.12, pp3621-3628, Dec.2011. [5] I. Aksoy, H. Bodur, and A. FarukBakan, A new ZVT-ZCT-PWMDCDC converter, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 25, no. 8, pp. 20932105, Aug. 2010. [6] J. Zhang, X. Huang, X. Wu, and Z. Qian, A high efficiency Flyback converter with new active clamp technique, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 17751785, Jul. 2010. [7] L. Gu, X. Ruan, M. Xu, and K. Yao, Means of eliminating electrolytic capacitor in ac/dc power supplies for LED lightings, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 13991408, May 2009. [8] J.-M. Kwon, E-H. Kim, B.-H. Kwon, and K.-H. Nam, High-efficiency fuel cell power conditioning system with input current ripple reduction, IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 826834, Mar. 2009. [9] L. Huber, B. T. Irving, and M. M. Jovanovic, Effect of valley switching and switching-frequency limitation on line-current distortions of DCM/CCM boundary boost PFC converters, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 339347, Feb. 2009. [10] L. Huber, J. Yungtaek, and M. M. Jovanovic, Performance evaluation of bridgeless PFC boost rectifiers, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 13811390, May 2008. [11] Y. Gang, H. Haiyang, D. Yan, and H. Xiangning, A ZVT PWM three level boost converter for power factor preregulator, in Proc. IEEE Power Electron. Spec. Conf., 2006, pp. 15. [12] M. Veerachary, T. Senjyu, and K. Uezato, Neutral-network-based maximum-power-point tracking of coupledinductor interleaved boost-converter-supplied PV system using fuzzy controller, IEEETrans. Ind. Electron., vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 749758, Aug. 2003.

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Dr. M. Sasikumar was born in Tamilnadu, India on June 17, 1977. He received the B.Edegree in electrical and electronics engineering from K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology,Madras University, India in1999, and the M.Tech degree in powerelectronics from VIT University, Vellore in2006. He has obtained his Ph.d. degree from Sathyabama university, Chennai, tamilnadu, India in 2011. Currently, he is working as a Professor in Jeppiaar Engineering College, AnnaUniversity, Chennai. He has 12 years of teaching experience.He has published over 30 technical papers in National and International Conferences /proceedings / journals.

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